MapQuest: Get Directions

MapQuest

About this app

Get where you need to go with the MapQuest turn-by-turn GPS Navigation app. Whether it’s using voice navigation for walking or driving directions or exploring points of interests on the map, MapQuest has the tools you need to navigate the United States and Canada.

Map and Navigation Features:
• Up-to-date satellite imagery and maps
• Turn-by-turn voice navigation for walking and driving directions
• Real-time traffic updates to help you find the fastest ways to your destination
• Optimized routing to help save you time, gas and money
• A speedometer so you can compare your current speed to the speed limit along your route
• Favorites so you can store locations, like your home and work addresses, for quick-and-easy maps and directions
• Alternate route choices so you have multiple options to get where you need to go
• Route settings that help you avoid things like highways and toll roads
• Multipoint routes so you can include more than just one stop
• Planning: create routes starting from somewhere other than your current location

Do More than Get Directions:
• Search and explore nearby points of interests like restaurants, bars, gas stations and hotels, with our layers bar
• Find great hotel deals and book them through MapQuest
• Feed your inner foodie and discover new places to eat: browse menus, make reservations and order food through OpenTable and GrubHub points of interest
• Save money by comparing prices of nearby gas stations
• View local weather so you can plan ahead
• Car broken down? Directly access on-demand roadside assistance for help
• Get directions on-the-go with our corresponding Android Watch app

Please Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Ratings and reviews

While I truly prefer MQ over other options, towns along the route don't appear on the map, even at major junctions, unless they're large enough. I'm not a point-to-point map user, preferring to choose an interesting route. Having locations along the way - not just cities - makes choosing a pleasant route much easier. Also, that dreadful, rapid-fire voice is still the only choice after all these years - it has been well over five now since I asked and was told, "We're working on it."

Better than most mapping and navigation apps, especially google maps. Has the ability to load 25 stops without additional purchases or subscriptions, though I wish it had a subscription service at a minimal charge to keep it stable, only lasts a week. Once it becomes unstable and force closes, the only thing that fixes it is uninstall/reinstall, and it works fine again. Average score, but better than google's one star. Warning: Don't open settings, that's the force closing bug.

I really appreciate the options to avoid certain types of roads. I can't tell you how much I hate going through back roads when trying to go to a big city. Google maps only seems to offer the quickest route, which is all fine and well if you have an off-road vehicle or are used to going back roads, but if you're from the city and aren't used to it, MapQuest is probably your best option. The options to avoid gravel roads AKA back roads is one of the best things I've seen on a GPS app.

What's new

Thanks for using MapQuest! Our latest update includes a few bugfixes and behind-the-scenes enhancements.

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